I am looking to starting my career in India by next summer as a faculty member in some institute, preferably in the April-July window. So I would like to pen down very briefly, my experience in this process so far. I finished my PhD quite recently (August 2013) and started looking for faculty positions in India a couple of months before graduation. So I decided not to work in the USA, a very bold move indeed. As of now, I am working as a post-doc in the same group where I did my PhD, finishing some pending work and trying to get some papers published before I heed back to India next year. I decided not to go for industry in USA because I believe I am not made for industry. Working during some fixed schedule such as 9 am-6 pm from Monday to Friday with a week’s vacation in a year, staying too far from family – doesn’t work for me. I love my independence, and freedom to work on my own, and the ability to buy groceries together with my dad in Golaghat (Assam) or to go and hug my s